Prayer for Today, Monday, October 17

Ever-present God,

We live in a world where talking heads spew their venom and attack their opponents in 15 second sound bites. Days of statesmanship and respect for differing opinions seem to be a characteristic of the past, even in the church. Forgive us, O Lord, when we believe some of our narrow views are universal truths. Please open our eyes and our hearts, Loving God. May we understand profound faith exhibits tolerance, love and compassion for others. May we be less like the Pharisees and more like Jesus. We pray this prayer in His name. AMEN.

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Please pray for the family of Jack Edgar, Melissa Hula’s father, who died suddenly of a heart attack around midnight last night.

Please pray for Donna Hickey, Joyce Greenhaw’s sister, who is beginning radiation treatments for cancer.

Please also pray for Lori Scheulein’s brother, John Rex, who has major health issues.

Please pray for our friends at First Presbyterian Church. They voted 131-69 to leave the Presbyterian Church USA.

The Faith leader group meets this evening at 6:30 p.m. The Worship Committee meets tomorrow evening. The Pastor’s Cabinet meets Wednesday evening at 70 p.m. in Room 109.

The scripture for today is 2 Timothy 3:10-17:

Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, ¹¹my persecutions and suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. ¹²Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. ¹³But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived. ¹⁴But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, a^{15 a}nd how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Grace and peace,

John McLemore